Chris-380
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WOW, thats crazyThey are on a about a 10 yr cycle and up at our cottage it was insane. Our oaks were about 90% defoliated by the time the caterpillars were done. A few leaves grew after the caterpillars had turned into the moths, but it was nuts.
Here is what one tree looked like in June. It got worse, but I don't have a picture. This is normally a very healthy oak and you would not be able to see sky through the leaf cover in mid June. The second picture is what the caterpillar droppings on the car sitting under that tree looked like after a couple of hours. Silver lining is there were far less leaves to rake up this fall, I guess.
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